Список участников первого полуфинала:

 

1. Montenegro - Andrea Demirović - Just get out of my life
(Ralph Siegel/Bernd Meinunger, José Juan Santana Rodriguez)

2. Czech Republic - Gipsy.cz - Aven romale
(Radoslav Banga)

3. Belgium - Copycat - Copycat
(Miam Monster Miam/Jacques Duvall)

4. Belarus- Petr Elfimov - Eyes that never lie
(Petr Elfimov/Valeriy Prokhozhy)

5. Sweden - Malena Ernman - La voix
(Fredrik Kempe/Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman)

6. Armenia - Inga & Anush - Nor par
(Mane Akopyan/Avet Barseghyan, Vardan Zadoyan)

7. Andorra - Susanne Georgi - La teva decisió (Get a life)
(Pernilla Georgi, Susanne Georgi, Rune Braager, Lene Dissing, Marcus Winther-John/Josep Vila)

8. Switzerland - Lovebugs - The highest heights
(Adrian Sieber, Thomas Rechberger, Florian Senn)

9. Turkey - Hadise - Düm tek tek
(Sinan Akçil/Hadise, Sinan Akçil, Stefan Fernande)

10. Israel - Noa & Mira Awad - There must be another way
(Noa, Mira Awad, Gil Dor)

11. Bulgaria - Krassimir Avramov - Illusion
(Krassimir Avramov, William Tabanou/Casie Tabanou, Krassimir Avramov, William Tabanou)

12. Iceland- Yohanna - Is it true?
(Tinatin Japaridze, Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Chris Neil)

13. FYR Macedonia- Next Time - Nešto što kje ostane
(Damjan Lazarov, Jovan Jovanov/Elvir Mekić)

14. Romania- Elena Georghe - The Balkan girls
(Daris Mangal, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Laurenţiu Duţă/Laurenţiu Duţă, Alexandru Pelin)

15. Finland - Waldo's People - Lose control
(Karima, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen/Karima, Annie Kratz-Gutå, Ari Erik Veikko Lehtonen, Waldo)

16. Portugal - Flor-de-Lis - Todas as ruas do amor
(Pedro Marques/Pedro Marques, Paulo Pereira)

17. Malta- Chiara - What if we?
(Marc Paelinck/Gregory Bilsen)

18. Bosnia & Herzegovina- Regina - Bistra voda
(Aleksandar Čović)

Путем СМС и звонков зрители определят девять финалистов, а жюри выберет десятого претендента на победу на "Евровидении-2009".